BIRDS OF EGYPT. 1S9 



spotted with the same colour on the abdomen ; cere, eyelids, 

 and legs yellow ; beak horn-blue, more or less yeUow to- 

 wards the base according to age ; irides brown. 



Male. — Entire length 17 inches ; culmen 1"1 ; wing, carpus 

 to tip, 13'3 ; tarsus 1-9. 



Tlie sexes only differ in size, the female being larger. 



A verj' old specimen in my collection has the top of the 

 head very pale ; and aU the feathers on the crop and abdomen 

 have brown streaks along the shafts, broadening into spots 

 towards the tips of the feathers. 



Immature. — Top of the head white, inclining to pale rufous 

 towards the nape, with the centres of the feathers strongly 

 streaked with brown ; moustache, feathers round the eyes, 

 and nape nearly black ; remainder of the upper plumage 

 uniform dusky brown ; primaries marked on the inner webs 

 with cream-coloured spots rather than bars ; tail brown, two 

 centre feathers without markings, remaining feathers faintly 

 marked with a few smaE cream-coloured spots ; tips of the 

 feathers cream-colour ; underparts white, with the greater 

 part of the feathers on the crop and abdomen brown ; cere, 

 eyehds, and legs greyish yeUow ; beak horn-blue ; irides 

 brown. 



Entire length 17 inches; culmen \i; ^ving, carpus to 

 tip, 13"5 ; tarsus 2'1 ; middle toe 1"S. 



Tig. Bree, B. of Eur. vol. i. p. 37. 



175. Falco BABTLOicus, Gumey. Re d-naped Falcon. 



Von Heuglin (Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 26) calls this Falcon a 

 tolerably common resident in Egypt and Nubia, frequenting 

 the palm trees, mountains, pjTamids, and ruined temples. 



